среда, 14 марта 2012 г.

Italy leads Spain, Russia heads China in Fed Cup

Flavia Pennetta saved a match point and beat former No. 1 Amelie Mauresmo as Italy took a 2-0 lead over France in the Fed Cup on Saturday.

In other World Group ties, defending champion Russia led China 2-0, Spain and the Czech Republic were at 1-1, and the United States was also tied with Argentina.

Pennetta beat Mauresmo 2-6, 7-6 (7), 6-4 but hit a passing shot wide to give the Frenchwoman a match point in the tiebreaker at Orleans. The Italian contested the decision and received a warning for verbal abuse. She risked losing the match on a penalty point when she directed a gesture at the chair umpire.

"That behavior is shameful and …

State Department advises avoiding travel to Burma

The State Department issued a travel advisory Thursday urgingAmericans to avoid travel to Burma during "the present unrest" - theviolent anti-government …

U.N. Vote on N. Korea Sanctions Delayed

UNITED NATIONS - Supporters of a resolution that would impose limited sanctions on North Korea agreed to delay a vote in the hope that China can pressure Pyongyang to return to six-party talks on its nuclear program and halt missile tests, U.S. Ambassador John Bolton said Monday.

Ambassadors from the five veto-wielding nations on the Security Council - who are divided over sanctions - met with Japan, which sponsored the resolution, as a Chinese delegation arrived in North Korea pledging friendship and deeper ties.

Bolton told reporters after the meeting that the resolution's supporters - including the U.S., Britain, France and other European council members - decided not …

Sheriff: Same person has killed 3 in So. Carolina

A sheriff says the shooting deaths of a peach farmer and two women in a rural South Carolina county the past week have been linked to the same killer.

Sheriff Bill Blanton says investigators made the link after finding an 83-year-old woman and her 50-year-old daughter bound and shot to death Thursday in their home near Gaffney, about 50 miles south of Charlotte, North Carolina.

The home isn't …

FBI: Man in tape probably is Higgins

WASHINGTON The FBI concluded Monday that a videotape released byLebanese terrorists probably showed the body of Marine Lt. Col.William R. Higgins hanging from a rope, but left open when and how hedied.

President Bush, who praised Higgins during the day as a "symbolof courage," telephoned Higgins' wife, Robin, a major in the Marines,and told her the United States was still seeking full details on herhusband.

White House Press Secretary Marlin Fitzwater said Bush offered"his support and encouragement."

A White House statement said Higgins' wife was told of the FBI'sconclusion by Marine Corps Commandant Gen. A. M. Gray.

FBI forensic experts …

Hablando con la Verdad; El culto de la sumisión

No es un secreto que el pueblo cubano ha sido adoctrinado y educado para seguir el culto a la sumisi�n. Y que Fidel Castro es el cubano que m�s odia a Cuba, quien es el impulsor principal de esa sumisi�n, y que nunca pierde oportunidad de encontrar espacio para lograr notoriedad personal para �l. Al anciano d�spota cubano no le importa que Cuba se caiga a pedazos y que el pueblo sufra la m�s horrible de las miseria. Siempre y cuando �l sea el centro de atracci�n y aprovechando cada oportunidad para avanzar sus ideas diab�licas. Tal fue el caso cuando en el Instituto de Meteorolog�a en La Habana, el dictador prefiri� hablar del futuro de Ch�vez en Venezuela en lugar de los estragos causado por el cicl�n Charles a todo el pa�s. De igual manera cuando Iv�n azotaba la regi�n m�s occidental de Cuba, el d�spota se apareci�n con la payasada de involucrar a los EE.UU, rechazando la posible ayuda de este pa�s.

Por mucho que sea el culto a la sumisi�n a ese viejo decr�pito que tienen los militares que lo ayudan a sostenerse. Tiene que existir un �tomo de decencia militar oculto all� en lo m�s rec�ndito del alma de las fuerzas armadas. Pero sabemos, que si tiene futuro en el coraz�n y en el pechos henchidos el patriotismo por la em�rita lucha por la libertad de Cuba.

El bello aliento de todo exilado pol�tico est� vinculado all� en La Habana, con las damas vestidas de Blanco en solidaridad con el ayuno que sostienen al cumplirse un a�o y medio del encarcelamiento ilegal de los 75 disidentes.

De la misma manera ese aliento de libertad que nos anima est� all� en la reuni�n del Comit� Internacional para la Democracia en Cuba (CIDC), que sesiona en Praga que pronuncia sus ideas a trav�s de un documento llamado: La Declaraci�n de Praga, que asume un compromiso concreto para la democratizaci�n de Cuba.

Este es el momento de todos los cubanos. La resistencia es el �nico camino hacia la libertad. Podremos pronunciar los m�s encendidos discursos, asistir a conferencias internacionales en solidaridad con nuestra causa que internacionalicen las justas razones de la libertad de nuestros presos y la pr�ctica de la democracia con justicia social.

Pero si el pueblo cubano por sus propios medios sin depender ni esperar por nadie, ni pedirle permiso a nadie. No decide arrancarse el grillete de la esclavitud nazi-fascista que nos ha impuesto el anciano decr�pito que desgobierna a Cuba. Si por cobard�a seguimos agachados ante la insolencia de la pi�ata gobernante. Entonces tenemos muy buenas razones para sentirnos espantados ante el destino negro y azaroso que nos depara la incapacidad de reclamar los derechos que son leg�timos a una naci�n soberana.

P�ginas de gloria escribieron los Mambises, cuando llenos de patriotismo y de verg�enza y que se enfrentaron a fuerzas muy superiores en n�mero y armamentos. Nuestra lucha de hoy es una continuidad de la de los hombres aquellos tiempos que llevaron nuestras gestas independentistas.

No podemos dejar caer en el vac�o tanto hero�smo y sacrificios escritos con sangre en los campos de Cuba Libre, para que un d�spota y sus sicarios ultrajen nuestra naci�n como si ellos fueran el centro del universo.

Article copyright El Bohemio News.

вторник, 13 марта 2012 г.

Vent line

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